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| Noitoen:
Here in Portugal, those hogs have heavy duty chains instead of blades. Also they have a projection curtain protection made out of pieces of chain in the front and back. http://www.joper.com.pt/produto.php?idioma=_eng&tipoproduto=5&id_produto=5 |
| ieezitin:
Nick I thank you for the offer its too kind. If ever I would need stuff I always thought of posting on here and someone would help over there its been done before. Noitoen. We have that type here too but there not to common. I do not know what type is better than the other I have always used this type. Well!! It been quite a week and I have managed to accomplish quite a lot. Here is the gear drive mounted on the channel. The whole bed area where the drive sits has corroded so bad I needed to patch quite allot of the area. I would have patched it all but do not have enough plate to do so and this project is on a budget so my wife tells me and she is the boss. Now back to beating on the eastern made products. What on earth possessed them to think a cheesy piece if badly bent flat bar acting as a strong back would work and do the job of stopping the flexing of the mower while its chomping down on sticks and stumps astounds me!, so I slapped some angle iron on to stiffen it up. The linkage point where the whole of the weight is pivoted on the draw bar of the tractor was duff too, I needed to support both bottom points with angle so it does not twist. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAahhhhhhhhhh now it’s the end of the day. Work is good for the soul its time to sit back and admire my labour with a cocktail of choice to clean my throat of all the nickel and zinc fumes I ingested while toiling away on my mower. Will have her finished soon. Anthony |
| ieezitin:
Well….. I got the base plate on and tacked it up then I installed the right angled drive on to see the fit. I threw on the blade assembly and installed the nut then tightened it up and found that when I span it round the top of the pin-bolts that hold the blades on rubbed the new plate I welded on, in fact the whole round pan is warped which I never noticed so now I have a dilemma these nuts are so badly corroded I would never stand a chance to unscrew them . soo…….. i cut the tops off and ground them flat then welded them all up. Once I got to this stage I noticed the front end was bent and racked so reluctantly I tore into it and this is what I ended up with. Now it was time to upright the mower and fully weld everything as it is pretty awkward welding up-hill all the time. Finished all the main welding I added some little touches to it one was putting a back stop for the gear-drive so it will not move or rack, I had more play in the holes I drilled so I wanted to play it safe. Now finally its finished. I slapped the drive shaft on and fired her up and cropped some grass. All done. Now all I have to do is the next one and get my cash back. Thanks for looking. Anthony. |
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